The pending Senate battle over the next Supreme Court nominee shows us how important winning Congress’ upper chamber is this fall. A president who doesn’t have the Senate backing him cannot fully use the power of the presidency to influence the government’s direction. 2020 could be shaping up to be […] Read more »
Scenes from a Supreme Court Focus Group
How will the coming Supreme Court vote impact the presidential race? On Thursday, I convened a focus group of 2016 Trump voters—all college-educated women in swing states—to ask them what they thought. What I heard was bad news for Republicans. Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell seem to hope that nominating […] Read more »
Democrats Regain Favorability Edge Over GOP
Americans’ opinions of the Republican Party have soured since January but are similar to what they were a year ago. Meanwhile, Americans’ favorability ratings of the Democratic Party (47%) have been stable and again surpass those of the GOP (42%). CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a […] Read more »
COVID-19 has narrowed the divide between GOP, Democratic voters on ways to support workers from pay to child care
The coronavirus pandemic has narrowed a long-standing divide between most Republicans and Democrats on a wide range of proposals to support the U.S. economy, from raising the minimum wage to making child care more affordable, challenging the conventional belief that Americans are divided heading into the 2020 election. A Public […] Read more »
Democrats keep edge in fight for Senate amid growing GOP headache
It was April 20, almost five months ago to the day, when I wrote that “while the fight for Senate control in November is a toss-up, I’d probably put a pinkie on the scale for Democrats right now.” The fight for the Senate is still uncertain, but that pinkie quickly […] Read more »
Partisan Reaction To Loss Of Ginsburg Shows How Much Else Has Been Lost
Rarely in American history has the death of anyone other than a sitting president unleashed so much political anxiety as the passing of U.S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With all the grief her death caused for millions — and all the respectful tributes that poured in, even from adversaries – […] Read more »